Almost 20 per cent of Tasmanians have already submitted their votes for this weekend's federal election.
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Of the 402,331 people enrolled to vote, 48,341 have submitted pre-poll votes and 26,548 postal votes.
There have been 61,879 applications made to the Australian Electoral Commission for postal votes.
The application period for postal votes closed on Wednesday.
In Lyons, 10.5 per cent of enrolled voters have attended a pre-poll centre and 11.1 per cent in Franklin.
In Clark, 11.9 per cent of the electorate's voters had been to a pre-poll centre as well as 12.8 per cent in Bass and 13.2 per cent in Braddon.
The highest number of postal vote applications have been received from the Bass and Lyons electorates.
More than 6 million of the 15 million votes cast in the 2019 federal election were early votes.
Pre-poll voting for this election increased by 58 per cent on 2016 numbers.
About 6 million Australians have voted at a pre-poll centre in this election so far.
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Political reporter for Australian Community Media, based in Hobart.
Political reporter for Australian Community Media, based in Hobart.
